Recall Tara Armstrong

07/13/2026

FACT CHECK: Tara Armstrong's disability claim

Tara Armstrong is telling people that "the NDP's welfare law hands out disability payments to drug addicts simply because they use drugs." That is not how the system works.

To get the Persons with Disabilities designation, a person's doctor or nurse practitioner has to confirm they have a severe impairment that directly and significantly limits their daily life. Substance use disorder counts the same way any other qualifying condition does, through medical assessment, not through drug use alone. That requirement has been in place since 2019.

Far from being handed out, the application itself is a real barrier. It runs more than 20 pages, requires input from a medical practitioner and often another professional, and comes with asset limits. People living with active substance use disorder are often the ones least able to navigate a process this demanding, not the ones for whom it’s easy.

Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream deserves an MLA who tells the truth about the system before asking constituents to sign a petition against it. We deserve better.

05/29/2026

Tara Armstrong wants you to know that politics is a dirty game and she has lived it. In a post marking the end of the spring session, she celebrated the principled few around her, people who "take the hard vote, speak the uncomfortable truth, and do the right thing even when it costs them." She counted herself among them.

The uncomfortable truth she spoke to end the session was a bill classifying SSRIs, COVID vaccines, and safer supply medications as experimental drugs. Notably, SSRIs are antidepressants used by millions of Canadians to manage depression and anxiety. They have been in use for decades.

Does Armstrong care about the debris she leaves behind in the wake of her bills? People managing serious mental illness get caught in a political argument that has nothing to do with their care. The bill will never pass. It is about signalling.

Our riding deserves better.

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05/20/2026

'International aviation experience' is how Tara Armstrong describes being a flight attendant on her resume. She has some thoughts on Canadian foreign policy strategy.
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05/18/2026

Does Armstrong genuinely believe she is a conservative, or is she trying to convince herself, because her actions certainly don't align with most conservatives' values?

05/11/2026

Tara Armstrong is doubling down on her rhetoric on social media today. She just reposted the video of her blood and soil speech in the Legislature, was called out on it and replied "Despite your nonsencial comments, my platform is exactly what I was elected on."

04/25/2026

“There was no mention during her election campaign of N**i idealism, ethno-nationalism, First Nations cannibalism or any other of the now repugnant nonsense she spews in the house. Voters, quite simply, did not vote for that.”

04/23/2026

Tara Armstrong stood in the BC Legislature today during second reading of the K'ómoks Treaty Act and described the NDP as "blood and soil nationalists" for their support of UNDRIP.

"Blood and soil" is not a colourful political metaphor. It is a foundational slogan of N**i ideology, adopted by the N**i Party and carried forward by neo-N**i movements ever since. It links racial identity to land ownership in ways that are explicit, documented, and not subject to interpretation.

Armstrong used this phrase to attack legislation recognizing Indigenous treaty rights. She used it to dismiss UNDRIP as "ethno-nationalist." She used it on the floor of the legislature, on the record, while speaking about Indigenous peoples.

There are only two possibilities here. Either she knew exactly what she was invoking, or she did not. Neither answer is acceptable from an elected representative. Ignorance of N**i terminology does not become a defence when you are using it to undermine Indigenous rights in a legislative chamber.

This is the MLA representing Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream. This is who she is in the legislature when she thinks the moment calls for it. This is why the Recall Armstrong Campaign exists.
If you live in the riding and you are done with this, we need you.

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04/21/2026

Interesting stuff:

"A BC Conservative party insider said that some members of the caucus want her out not because of her controversial ideology, but because she hasn’t shown up for her constituents.
Armstrong has also endorsed one of the candidates for the leadership of the BC Conservatives, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and INFOnews was told that some don’t want to see Armstrong find her way back into the party."

"We've been told by many of them that they really do want Tara Armstrong to be recalled."

04/21/2026

The organizer of an effort to recall Lake Country–Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong says the window to file official paperwork opened Monday, but the formal campaign launch has yet to begin.

“There won’t be anything official filed yet,” organizer Wilbur Turner said Monday as the 18-month post-election date passed, meaning a recall could begin.

“But the work is still going on in terms of getting canvassers signed up.”

Turner said a core campaign team has been meeting weekly for the past several weeks, developing strategy, communication plans and recruiting volunteers.

More than 70 people have already expressed interest in canvassing through the campaign website and Turner said those who step up must be registered with Elections BC before any petition drive begins.

Turner said the campaign intends to wait until after May 30, when voting in the B.C. Conservative leadership race concludes, because some supporters are currently focused on that process.

Asked why people are supporting the effort, Turner was sharply critical of Armstrong’s legislative priorities, describing several private members’ bills as punitive rather than practical.

“She’s definitely not addressing the things she said were important when she was campaigning,” Turner said.

Turner said he was surprised by Armstrong’s political style since being elected.

“I am shocked, actually. I hope we never find this to be normalized,” he said. “In all my years of advocacy, I’ve never experienced a member of the legislature who’s supposed to represent me as a voter attacking me personally.”

To force a recall vote, campaign organizers must collect signatures from 40 per cent or more of the voters eligible to sign the petition within 60 days from when the petition is issued.

Turner said that’s around 18,000 signatures from eligible voters in the riding, within the legislated time period. It’s around 6,000 more signatures than Armstrong received in the last election.

It’s a steep order, and no MLA in British Columbia has ever been successfully removed through recall, though one former MLA resigned while facing a petition campaign.

In a statement, Elections BC said after the proponent submits their signed petition sheets, Elections BC will begin the verification process.

If the recall petition is successful, the recalled member’s seat becomes vacant, and a byelection must be called within 90 days.

Turner said he remains optimistic the recall effort can gain momentum despite the high bar required under B.C.’s legislation.

Elections BC said there have been 30 previous recall petition applications since the Recall and Initiative Act came into force in 1995. Six of those petitions were returned to Elections BC for verification. Of the six, five did not have enough valid signatures and one was halted during verification as the member resigned.

Armstrong's office has been contacted for comment.
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Source: Castanet

04/18/2026

The clock is running out. Tara was elected to serve her constituents. Not go on a wild goose chase of vanity projects. recallarmstrong.ca